Projects
Labor Leaders Climate Forum
Through the Labor Leaders Climate Forum, the Cornell GLI provides ongoing leadership development, technical assistance, and research to trade unions on cliamte protection issues in order to enhance labor's capacity to develop and advocate for climate protection policies. The Forum currently consists of high level representatives from sixteen US unions as well as representatives from several key policy grounps including from Apollo Alliance, Blue-Green Alliance, Center for American Progress, Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), Labor Network for Sustainability, and US Climate Action Network.
The focus for the current year of the Forum is to engage labor in the public policy discussion around climate protection in the US as well as in the global negotiations around COP 15. Read more.
Global Trade Union Task Force
The Cornell Global Labor Institute has convened a 20-person Global Trade Union Task Force on Development Alternatives. The goal of the Task Force will be to produce a report that articulates an internationalist, sustainable and needs-driven development framework from a North-South perspective. This three year project is scheduled to conclude in December 2009.
The task force consists of union leaders and/or thinkers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, France, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and the United States. Read more.
UN Green Jobs Report
In partnership with the Worldwatch Institute, the Cornell Global Labor Institute co-authored a study for the United Nations Environment Programme entitled "Green Jobs: Towards Sustainable Work in a Low Carbon World." The report was released September 2008. Read more.
